Glass That Glows? You’ve Never Seen a Mechanical Watch Like This
On the Ming 20.01 Series 3, a borosilicate dial with 600 laser-cut pockets holding deposits of glow-in-the-dark material creates an unearthly radial pattern.
The Ming 20.01 Series 3 in the dark.
Photographer: Ming Thein/Horologer Ming
If you gaze at the just-announced Ming 20.01 Series 3 watch in normal daylight, you’ll easily observe the minute and hour hands. A continued inspection might reveal the chronograph feature, and watch aficionados may very well detect the instantaneous jumping minutes feature.
But turn off the lights, and you’ll be met with a visual effect unlike anything you’ve seen before. A glowing array of tiny shapes seems to float between the hands and the mechanical components in the case underneath. Altogether, it looks like a spiral galaxy that’s been paused midswirl and captured in a watch—or a model of the starry sky if it were perfectly symmetrical.